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Zcash (ZEC), Horizen (ZEN) and Hedget (HGET) soar as altcoins lift off
Three of Cathie Wood’s ARK exchange-traded funds bought nearly $246 million worth of Coinbase Global Inc. (COIN) shares on its listing day. Another fund, Amplify…
Chainlink releases new whitepaper in a shift toward smart contract computations
Chainlink (LINK) has unveiled its new whitepaper on Thursday, which details a planned expansion and pivot into creating oracle networks for computation. The proposal…
3 reasons why Elrond (EGLD) price soared above $245
As mainstream cryptocurrency adoption increases and more users start transacting on blockchain networks, the need for fast, scalable protocols becomes even more…
Polkadot and Cosmos connect as Plasm and Secret Network release bridge MVP
Plasm Network and Secret Network, two projects based on Polkadot and Cosmos, respectively, have launched the first iteration of a bridge to connect the two…
DeFi mutual fund Sheesha Finance raises $9.4M
Sheesha Finance, a decentralized finance mutual fund based in the United Arab Emirates, has raised $9.44 million over a two-week token sale — underscoring heightened…
DeFi tracker Step Finance raises $2M from Solana ecosystem investors
Step Finance, a Solana-native decentralized finance protocol, announced the completion of a private token sale for $2 million, which will help build and develop its…
dHEDGE launches tokenized index tracking its top 10-ranked traders
Decentralized fund management platform dHEDGE has launched a tokenized index that tracks its top-ranked traders.An ERC-20 token will also be issued for the index on…
The future of DeFi on Ethereum is now
On the latest episode of Blockchain and Booze, Draper Gorem Holm’s Adam Levy sits down with three leaders in the blockchain industry to talk about layer-two…
Major Thai bank experimenting with decentralized finance
Kasikornbank, or KBank, one of Thailand’s largest banks, has begun experimenting with DeFi services as part of its business expansion plan.According to a report by…
Keep Network unveils v2 specs for tBTC protocol
The Keep Network has released details for the second iteration of its “trust-minimized” Bitcoin tokenization protocol, tBTC.In a blog post on Sunday, Keep Network…
Anchoring the worlds with flexible and high-performance on-chain governance
With adoption accelerating, blockchain’s potential to transform life in every way — from how business is conducted to labor division, operating systems and methods…
How NFTs, DeFi and Web 3.0 are intertwined
While blockchain itself provides the technology constructs to facilitate exchange, ownership and trust in the network, it is in the digitization of value elements…
Oasis Foundation announces implementation of Tidal DeFi insurance platform
The Oasis Foundation, an offshoot of Oasis Network developers Oasis Labs, announced in a blog post on Friday that decentralized finance (DeFi) insurance and coverage…
DeFi’s critical missing piece: Credit scores
Over the last 12 months, the remarkable growth in decentralized finance has been driven by one thing: the ability of users to earn strong yields on their crypto…
NFT gaming and a tsunami of trading volume lift Waves to a new all-time high
Nonfungible tokens (NFT) have handsomely rewarded early investors over the past few months, especially as they gained mainstream attention thanks to record-breaking…
Deep diving with Ethereum whales
Covalent’s latest findings in Cointelegraph Consulting’s biweekly newsletter investigates the anatomy of Ether (ETH) whales. The data indicates that the top 10…
Reef Finance aims to simplify DeFi investing through Baskets protocol
Reef Finance, a decentralized finance ecosystem powered by Polkadot, has released a new investment product aimed at helping passive investors gain access to a…
How will Sora’s price perform after the launch of Polkaswap?
In a recent investment thesis on the coin Sora (XOR), the Cointelegraph Research team explored the current state of the DeFi industry, highlighting the biggest…
Badger DAO integrates with institutional DeFi gateway Fireblocks
In a blog post today, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Badger DAO announced a forthcoming integration with Fireblocks, a digital asset storage, management, and…
Equilibrium raises $2.5M to secure support for Polkadot parachain bid
Equilibrium, a Polkadot-based decentralized finance project and parachain candidate, has raised $2.5 million from a number of venture funds primarily involved in the…